Inspiring Figuratives for Artists

The purpose of the Inspiring Figurative for Artists series is to provide study materials for the artistic praxis of artists who are trying to master the human form. If you master the Figurative … it is said you can master art.

Inspiring Figuratives for Artists is a series of books to help you with your Figurative artistic praxis. The two hundred pictorials found in this book is a collection of male Figuratives.

The pictorials are from a variety of amateur photographers. In each Figurative in this book search for vanishing points, as well as balance, and sort out how the models relate to their surroundings.

Several women artist has asked that Atelier Press provide for more male Figuratives in our series of books. Women artists enjoy exploring the dichotomy of the human condition, yet there are far fewer pictorials of male Figuratives compared to female Figuratives. Women artists also have few opportunities to work with male models than female ones.

In the artistic sense the male model poses a different challenge than the female model when it comes to form and function. Obviously, the feminine tends to be more curvaceous, and have more reference features, while the masculine tends to be more linear and a far different challenge to draw. Most women artists also do not know how best to relate to the masculinity of their models.

One defining difference between male and female is the skeletal shape of the torso, and in particular the hips.

On a male the shoulders are broader than the hips, while on a female the hips are broader than the shoulders. The reason for this is mentioned in the previous book of male Figuratives in the Inspiring Figuratives for Artists series